Anecdotally most of my friends just use it as a timer, and maybe a weather app or music player. There are a few automation nerds who wire their entire lives through it, but I find them to be the minority, even in the tech community. Just as many are suspicious of an Orwellian device that is actively listening.<p>These use cases remind me of the smart clocks of the early 2000s that were integrated clocks, thermostats, and barometers, and synced to the atomic clock in Colorado via radio. I wonder if there is a niche for a version of this you could talk to instead of a full Alexa. Calling home for voice processing makes sense when the tech is still rapidly evolving. But once its more mature, doing it all locally with a limited set of apps seems much more feasible.